Proverbs 19:18(KJV): 18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. The sooner one begins to discipline a child, the better. The longer a child is left to himself, the harder it is to bring him under control. A point can be reached when hope is lost of a childs ever yielding to correction. That is why it is important to start training and disciplining a child at an early age, whenever a child begins to defy the parent. We are warned not to allow a childs crying and pleading to keep us from disciplining him. Most children try to play on a parents sympathy to escape punishment; however, if we really love them we will not allow this to happen. Some parents have a mistaken idea of what love is. Some are compassionate and do not wish to hurt their children physically or emotionally. In reality, however, such sentiments are selfish and do not express true love for a child. The parents refrain from fulfilling their duty to properly teach the child right from wrong, in order to spare their own feelings. To fail to discipline a child is actually cruel. It is like failing to clean a childs cut finger simply because cleaning the cut hurts the child. Allowing infection to set in, however, brings the child worse pain. The momentary pain of discipline is far better than the devastating pain that rebellion brings for disobeying Gods ways. Rebellion unchecked in a child can even lead to his eternal damnation.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:09:16 +0000
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